"You and I" is the debut single by R&B/

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...

musician

Rick James James Ambrose Johnson Jr. (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004), better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, James began his musical career in ...

, released in 1978 from his debut album, ''

Come Get It! ''Come Get It!'' is the debut album by Rick James and the Stone City Band. It was released in April 1978 via the Motown sub-label Gordy Records. The singles " You and I" and " Mary Jane" propelled ''Come Get It!'' to gold status. Critical rece ...

''. It spent two weeks at number one on the ''Billboard'' R&B charts and reached number thirteen on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "You and I" also peaked at number three on the disco chart.

Personnel

*Rick James - vocals, keyboards, synthesizers *Levi Ruffin, Jr. - keyboards *Billy Nunn – keyboards * Bobby Nunn – keyboards *Freddie Rappilo – guitar *Andy Rapillo – bass *Richard Shaw – bass *Lorenzo Shaw – drums *Mike Caputy – drums *

Randy Randy is a given name, popular in the United States and Canada. It is primarily a masculine name. It was originally derived from the names Randall, Randolf, Randolph, as well as Bertrand and Andrew, and may be a short form (hypocorism) of the ...

and

Mike Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of ...

– horns *Flick, Berry, Steve Williams - horns *Levi and Jackie Ruffin, Bobby and Billy Nunn, Sascha Meeks, Richard Shaw, Vanessa Brooks Nunn, Joey Diggs, Anthony Ceasar, Roger Brown, Calvin Moore, Bennie McCullough - background vocals *

Art Stewart Arthur Stewart (February 6, 1927 – November 11, 2021) was an American baseball front-office executive and scout. He began his Major League Baseball (MLB) scouting career with the New York Yankees in 1953. He later joined the Kansas City Roya ...

- co-producer

References

External links

* {{Rick James 1978 songs 1978 debut singles Rick James songs Songs written by Rick James Gordy Records singles Song recordings produced by Art Stewart Song recordings produced by Rick James